Hand Crocheted Peacock Curtains DONE and Hung

 For dear friends, I've done many stitches of hand crocheted labor of love.

Measuring and designing these peacock curtains, then crocheting the 80 hours with double mercerized French DMC thread; the finest crochet cotton available.

For these, I've worked a lot at Schiphol airport, while waiting to board for our flight to Indonesia...

Also while in Indonesia when I had a spare minute.

Just wanted to show you the result.

Pieter hung them, using the tiny brass nails that he used for our Rose Curtains.

Pattern taken from a Burda special for Filet Crochet

I've only left off some leaves, that are shown on the left...

A lot of counting and paying attention to all the details.

Did you ever work some peacock pattern into something?

Related link:

{My French DMC Rose Filet Lace Crocheted Curtains} | previous post with detailed photos of those brass nails

TACO TIME with recipe

When the weather is colder it is great for having a bite that comes hot from the oven!

Hot and spicy and served with baby arugula...

Placemat is from Le Jacquard Français with Gero Zilmeta 528 Menuet knife and fork.

Using the special Taco Holders and shells from Trader Joe's, I've filled them with grass fed ground beef 93% lean from Whole Foods Market.

Topped with some cheese (for us the lowest sodium content available...)

After 15 minutes in the oven... on 375℉ they're ready to eat!

Ready to enjoy!

For recipe and also spice mix see below post.

Related post:

Easy Oven Baked Taco Recipe | previous post with recipe and separate seasoning recipe

Sudden Whirlwind without rain and big tree gets lifted up out of the ground

In Georgia the weather can be unpredictable at times.

Like this SUDDEN WHIRLWIND without rain on Friday, June 19 of 1998.Quickly I grabbed our video camera and exited through the veranda door to capture our trees bending in the wind.A very dramatic sky came suddenly...Next I walked to the wood garden, across the creek where Pieter was working and he showed me a tree that got lifted out of the ground by this strong wind.Pieter shows that he can place his fingers into the opening created .If you click on YouTube watching you can see at clickable 2:23 how it is lifted up a few centimeters.Good thing is that both of us are not scared... 😜